Brush



Oct. `19 1926.

F. A. SKINNER BRUSH Filed May 2o, 1926 Patented @et 19, 19265.

BRUSH.

Application filed May 20,

'lhis invention relates to brushes and more particularly to a device otthis character so constructed that it may be cheaply produced and willbe durable and eilicient in service.

A further object or the invention is to provide a device oit thischaracter wherein the bristle elements are removable, so that they maybe very readily cleansed.

A further object ot the invention is to provide a construction enablingthe use oi a spiral bristle clump in a brush oit this ch aracter.

These and other objects l attain by the construction shown in theaccompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose oit .illustration is showna preferred embodiment ot my invention and wherein :-d

Figurc 1 is a plan view ot a brush constructed in accorda icc with myinvention;

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view therethrough 5 Figure l is asection on the line /1-4 ot Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a )lan view ot the bristle receiving tace of t e back.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the brush includes aback 10, the bristle receiving face of which is termed withlongitudinally extending concave grooves 11 having their adjacent edgesspaced. The ends of the back 10 at the centers thereof ati a pointintermediate the grooves 11 have formed therein sockets 12 and thebristle receiving tace ot the brush is notched to form coves 13extending 'from the sockets 12 to the bristle receiving wall. rlhebristle elements are formed by employing two wires '14 and 15 or asingle wire bent medially between which are inserted bristles 16 aitterwhich the wire core is twisted to provide a spirally arranged bristleclump ot circular formation.

The bristle clump terminates at points spaced Yfrom the ends et thewires and these ends are reverted in spaced relation te the clumps toprovide inwardly directed terminals 17 for engagement in the sockets 12and 1926. Serial No. 110,555.

connecting portions 18 which will engage in the covcs 13 and preventmovement ot the bristle clumps by maintaining them lirmly in engagementin the grooves 11. yllhc wire employed is resilient and the ends or' theinwardly directed portions 1"? are spaced apart a distance less than thedistance between adjacent ends et the coves 13, so that the terminalportions 17 may not escape from the sockets 12 which are of even greaterdepth than the coves.

By this structure, a brush having very rigid bristles can be producedand the bristle clumps may be readily removed at any time tor cleansing.rlhe brush clumps may be reversed as to the grooves which they occupyand in so doing they are longitudinally reversed, with the result thatthe sides et the clumps which were originally in engagement with oneanother are arranged at the outside cl the brush, providing a freshsurface at this/point.

Since the construction hereinbetorc set forth is obviously capable ot acertain range ot change and inodilication without materially departingfrom the spirit ot the invention, l do not limit myself to such specificstructure except as hereinafter claimed.

1 claim In a brush, a back having spaced longitudinally extendinggrooves formed in its bristle receiving tace, the ends oit the backhaving sockets and bristle holders each having a twisted metallic corearranged within said grooves, the ends o1 the metallic cores of saidholders being provided with reverts for engagement in the sockets, saidsockets being disposed at the centers oi' the ends ot the back andeachreceiving the corresponding reverts ol the cores ot said bristleholders, the end wall et the back having notches connecting said socketswith the bristle receiving tace of the back and adapted to receive theconnection between the reverts ot the cores and the body thereof.

In testimony whereof 1 hereunto atlix my signature.

FERN A. SKINNER.

